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Homeland Security And General Government

  • 15. H.R. 120, to designate a post office in Temecula, California, after former Rep. Dalip Singh Saund, the first Asian Indian-American elected to Congress who served from 1957-63. Yes. Passed 410-0, under suspension of rules. 2/1/05.
  • 21. H.R. 315, to designate a federal courthouse in Jacksonville, Florida, after the late John Milton Bryan Simpson, a former judge who ordered the desegregation of public schools in Florida. Yes. Passed 412-0, under suspension of rules. 2/8/05.
  • 22. H.R. 548, to designate a federal building and U.S. courthouse in Dayton, Ohio, after former Rep. Tony P. Hall of Ohio, who served in the House from 1979-2002. Yes. Passed 404-0, under suspension of rules. 2/8/05.
  • 33. H.R. 324, to designate a post office building in Altamonte Springs, Florida, after Arthur Stacey Mastrapa, a postal worker and Army reservist killed in Iraq. Yes. Passed 420-0, under suspension of rules. 2/15/05.
  • 98. H.R. 1463, to designate a portion of the federal building at 2100 Jamieson Avenue, in Alexandria, Virginia, after the late Justin W. Williams, an attorney who worked in the Justice Department. Yes. Passed 427-0, under suspension of rules. 4/13/05.
  • 99. H.R. 787, to designate a federal courthouse in Sacramento, California, after former Rep. Robert T. Matsui of California who served in the House for 26 years and died in office on Jan.1, 2005. Yes. Passed 426-0, under suspension of rules. 4/13/05.
  • 169. H.R. 1544, first responder grant funding. Amendment to limit to 50 during any fiscal year the number of grants provided under the Urban Area Security Initiative. No. Failed 88-331. 5/12/05.
  • 170. H.R. 1544. On passage of the bill to change the distribution of certain first-responder grants provided by the Department of Homeland Security to require that grants be distributed primarily on threat levels, guaranteeing each state at least 0.25 percent of the total funding available, or 0.45 percent for states that have an international border or that are on a body of water with an international border and requiring state governments to develop three-year homeland security plans to enhance their preparedness and response capabilities. Yes. Passed 409-10. 5/12/05.
  • 171. H.R. 627, to designate a postal facility in Hamden, Connecticut, after Linda White-Epps, who founded the cancer-survivor support group 'Sisters’ Journey' in Connecticut. Yes. Passed 390-0, under suspension of rules. 5/16/05.
  • 176. H.R. 2360, FY 2006 Homeland Security appropriations. Amendment to increase funding by $50 million for state and local grant programs to improve security of chemical plants and offset the increase by a $50 million cut for the Office of the Under Secretary for Management at the Department of Homeland Security. No. Passed 225-198. 5/17/05.
  • 177. H.R. 2360. Amendment to prohibit the use of funds in the bill to assist state or local governments that have restrictions on exchanging information with the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement on an individual’s citizenship or immigration status. Yes. Failed 165- 258. 5/17/05.
  • 178. H.R. 2360. Amendment to prohibit the use of funds in the bill to close any detention facility operated by or on behalf of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement that has been operational in 2005. No. Failed 199-223. 5/17/05.
  • 179. H.R. 2360. Amendment to provide $100 million for states to comply with new national driver’s license standards and offset the increase with various cuts in the bill. No. Passed 226- 198. 5/17/05.
  • 180. H.R. 2360. On passage of the bill to provide $31.9 billion in FY 2006 appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security. Yes. Passed 424-1. 5/17/05.
  • 183. H.R. 1817, FY 2006 Homeland Security Authorization Act. Amendment to increase funding for the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General to $200 million. No. Failed 184-244. 5/18/05.
  • 184. H.R. 1817. Amendment to prohibit any funds authorized in the bill to come from an increase in the aviation security passenger fee. Yes. Passed 363-65. 5/18/05.
  • 185. H.R. 1817. Amendment to clarify the existing authority for state and local law enforcement personnel to apprehend, detain, and transport illegal aliens in the routine course of their duties and require the Department of Homeland Security to establish a training manual and pocket guide for law enforcement to enforce immigration laws. Yes. Passed 242-185. 5/18/05.
  • 186. H.R. 1817. Amendment to require the secretary of Homeland Security to submit a report to Congress not later than six months after the date of the enactment of the bill on the number and types of border violence activities that have occurred in the five-year period prior to the bill’s enactment that includes a description of victim categories and a description of the steps the department is taking and plans to prevent these activities. No. Failed 182-245. 5/18/05.
  • 187. H.R. 1817. Substitute amendment to authorize $41 billion in FY 2006 for the Department of Homeland Security, $6.9 billion over the bill’s authorization, and make changes in policy proposals addressing security gaps and restructuring of the department. No. Failed 196-230. 5/18/05.
  • 188. H.R. 1817. Motion to recommit the bill to the Homeland Security Committee with instructions to include a provision to authorize $400 million in FY 2006 for in-line checked baggage screening system installations as well as require within three years that all air cargo on passenger planes be screened. No. Failed 199-228. 5/18/05.
  • 189. H.R. 1817. On passage of the bill to authorize $34.2 billion in FY 2006 for the operation of the Department of Homeland Security, including the hiring of 2,000 new border patrol agents and establishment of an assistant secretary for cyber security to oversee the National Cyber Security Division and the National Communications System. Yes. Passed 424-4. 5/18/05.
  • 242. H.R. 2326, to designate a postal facility in Belhaven, North Carolina, after Floyd Lupton, who served for 26 years as chief of staff to the late Rep. Walter B. Jones, Sr., of North Carolina. Yes. Passed 370-0, under suspension of rules. 6/13/05.
  • 423. H.R. 2977, to designate a postal facility Brockway, Montana, after Paul Kasten, a postal carrier serving eastern Montana postal routes for over 50 years. Yes. Passed 422-0, under suspension of rules. 7/26/05.
  • 427. H.R. 2894, to designate a postal facility in Hodgenville, Kentucky, after President Abraham Lincoln, who was born Feb. 12, 1809, in Hodgenville on the Sinking Spring Farm, now designated as a national historic site. Yes. Passed 421-0, under suspension of rules. 7/26/05.
  • 428. H.R. 22, postal service reform. Amendment to strike the bill’s requirement that the first vacant slot on the Board of Governors of the U.S. Postal Service is to be filled by an individual with unanimous backing by labor unions. No. Failed 82-345. 7/26/05.
  • 429. H.R. 22. Amendment to allow the Postal Service to conduct a pilot program to test the feasibility of alternative mail delivery services. No. Failed 51-379. 7/26/05.
  • 430. H.R. 22. On passage of the bill to overhaul the operations of the U.S. Postal Service. Yes. Passed 410-20. 7/26/05.
  • 431. H.R. 3339, to designate a postal facility in Buffalo, New York, after James T. Molloy, a former doorkeeper of the House of Representatives. Yes. Passed 423-0, under suspension of rules. 7/26/05.
  • 461. H.R. 3669, to increase to $3.5 billion, from $1.5 billion, through FY 2008, the amount the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) may borrow to pay claims under the National Flood Insurance Program that exceed collected premiums to the flood insurance program. Yes. Passed 416-0, under suspension of rules. 9/8/05.
  • 495. H.R. 438, to designate a postal facility in Berkeley, California, after Maudelle Shirek, a civil rights and union activist. No. Failed 190-215, under suspension of rules. 9/27/05.
  • 497. H.R. 2360. Motion to instruct House conferees on the FY 2006 Homeland Security appropriations bill to include a provision to insist that the Homeland Security secretary delay a proposal to reorganize the department’s existing preparedness functions under a new preparedness directorate while making FEMA a separate office focused on recovery and response. No. Failed 196-227. 9/28/05.
  • 512. H.R. 2360. To adopt the conference report to the bill to provide $31.9 billion in FY 2006 appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security and related agencies. Yes. Passed 347- 70. 10/6/05.
  • 527. H.R. 3549, to designate a postal facility in Warren, Pennsylvania, after former Rep. William F. Clinger, who represented Pennsylvania in the House from 1979-97. Yes. Passed 422-1, under suspension of rules. 10/18/05.
  • 528. H.R. 3853, to designate a postal facility in Parkdale, Arkansas, after Willie Vaughn, a Parkdale church, civic and community leader. Yes. Passed 421-0, under suspension of rules. 10/18/05.
  • 538. H.R. 3256, to designate a postal facility in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, after former Rep. James Grove Fulton, who served in the House from 1945-71. Yes. Passed 396-1, under suspension of rules. 10/25/05.
  • 557. H.R. 3548, to designate a postal facility in Pearl River, New York, after Heinz Ahlmeyer, Jr., who was killed in action in Vietnam. Yes. Passed 390-0, under suspension of rules. 11/1/05.
  • 558. H.R. 3989, to designate a postal facility in Dennison, Minnesota, after former Rep. Albert H. Quie, who served in the House from 1958-79 and as governor of Minnesota for one term. Yes. Passed 391-1, under suspension of rules. 11/1/05.
  • 576. H.R. 3770, to designate a postal facility in Knox, Indiana, after Grant W. Green, who served as a postal worker for 50 years. Yes. Passed 393-1, under suspension of rules. 11/8/05.
  • 587. H.R. 323, to rename the Ellis Island Library, on the third floor of the Ellis Island Immigration Museum on Ellis Island in New York Harbor, as the Bob Hope Memorial Library. Yes. Passed 419-0, under suspension of rules. 11/15/05.